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Wednesday, 11 May 2011

The Right Tea Light

Last year I blogged about this beautiful lamp that I had spotted in Laura Ashley that I wanted for Missy's bedroom but the hefty £100 price tag had put me off

Mr Right had said that he could make me one so my sister kindly donated some cups and saucers that were surplus to requirements and we purchased a cheap lamp base for £2.50 from Ikea and Mr Right got to work making holes in the centre of each item like so

And slotted each item in a kind of teetering stack onto the lamp base

I then purchased a suitably vintage style shade and added some beaded fringing to complete the shabby chic look

I think our creation looks as good if not better than the Laura Ashley original for about a fifth of the price.

That's brilliant!! It is so much nicer than the shop bought one with a real vintage feel and of course it's one of a kind! How tricky is it to make the holes and did you superglue it? You could do a master class on this, it's such a good make!!